[Windy in Kansas]

If anyone is interested in seeing photos from my old military days of 1966-1968 there is an album of them here: http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t298/growerguy/Army Days or Canada/?start=all

The 208th MP Company is at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri where I spent my entire tour of duty courtesy of Uncle Sam's draft.

If you click on the photos there is a caption under each.

 

[Shepherd]

Thanks for sharing, and thanks for your service for our country and freedom!

 

[Sonshine]

Nice pics. Thank you for your service.

 

[jbowyer01]

My husband did basic training in Leonard Wood. He was there in the month of January and had to carry the guidon he said it was impossible to get it to stick into the ground it was so frozen lol. Thank you for serving your country.

 

[Cande]

Thank you for your service.........hope you had a great day!

 

[Mrs_stuart]

I really enjoyed those photos, thanks for sharing! I was born in Ft. Wood, in 1968...

Belinda

 

[Phantomfyre]

Neat pictures - thank you for sharing! And a bigger thank you for serving.

 

[Woodpecker]

great pics! thank you for serving!

 

[mamagoose]

We enjoyed them too! Especially viewing military service through a '60s perspective. Sure glad bunks stateside had thicker mattresses in the 80's. Have a blessed day.
mamagoose

 

[sancraft]

How handsome you looked. I'm a sucker for a man in uniform. :cute:

 

[Windy in Kansas]

Thanks everyone.

sancraft as an old country boy growing up on a farm with two brothers I have reflected and realized that the three of us wound up wearing uniforms of one type or another for most of our lives.

Grade school basketball and band then high school sports and band.

For my oldest brother he opted for a career in law enforcement, retired after more than 40 years and is now working or a security agency--again in uniform.

For my other brother, he was drafted so wore an Army uniform, then purchased a feed and seed store and wore feed company advertising uniforms until his death from cancer.

As for me, I too was drafted so wore military uniforms as the photos showed. Next came civilian police force uniforms. Then while farming I took a part time job hauling LP gas and wore Philgas advertising uniforms. Next came a nearly 15 year stint wearing US Postal Service uniforms. After my knees weakened I took a 6 year stint at my local library as a security officer--you guess it, in uniform.

I'm thinking I should be cloned so that when I die I can be buried wearing one of each uniform. lol.